Search Results: 9780199210602

Harvey Miller Publishers, 1986. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1150grams, ISBN:0199210608

Harvey Miller Publishers, 27/11/1986 00:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 2.5381 in x 28.6802 in x 21.0660 in. Clean tight illustrated hardcover in jacket. Very good book in a very good dust jacket.

Harvey Miller, London, first English edition, 1986. Cloth, large 8vo, 28 cm,. 221, [2] pp, 210 illustrations, 32 colour plates with gold. From the preface by J.J.G. Alexander : "This book is an introduction to one of the most significant art-forms of the Middle Ages by one of the world's greatest authorities on the subject, Professor Otto Pacht. It is not a history of book illumination in the conventional sense but a unique account of facts and ideas gathered during several decades of teaching and research. Based on lectures given at the University of Vienna, the present text not only examines all types of decoration and illumination from the point of view of format and style, but also goes far beyond the factual. The author explains the basic vocabulary and concepts by which this art-form is to be understood, and offers deep insights into the fundamental philosophy, theology, technology and cultural ambience that underlie the production of book illumination throughout its long history. In… Read More

Oxford University Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

UK: Harvey Miller Publishers/Oxford University Press, 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The first English edition. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Illustrated. .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Oxford University Press, 1987-03-05. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!